Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, Judge

Name Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, Judge Date of Birth 19/10/1966 Initial Joining 23/05/2017 Joining at Sikkim 23/05/2017 Hon'ble Shri Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan, son of late Bhim Raj Pradhan, former Law Secretary and Legal Remembrancer, Government of Sikkim and Mrs. Bindumati Pradhan, former Joint Secretary, Government of Sikkim, after having completed his schooling initially from Tashi Namgal Academy, Gangtok and thereafter from St. Pauls School, Darjeeling, went on to graduate with B.A (Political Science Hons.) degree from Elphinstone College, Mumbai. He obtained Bachelor of Law LLB Degree from Government Law College, Mumbai, in the year 1991 and enrolled himself with the Bar Council of Maharastra in August 1991. Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan worked as an associate in Khaitan & Co. Advocates & Solicitors, Himalaya House, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi from 1991 to 1994 and thereafter as an associate in Karanjawala & Co., Advocates & Solicitors, D-10, Defence Colony, New Delhi from 1994 to 1998. During the period 1991-1998, Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan practiced before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, Hon'ble Delhi High Court, Hon'ble Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur as well as extensively before the Subordinate Courts, Tribunals, Commissions etc. In the year 1998, Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan resettled in Sikkim and started his practice before the Hon'ble High Court of Sikkim at Gangtok and the Subordinate Courts of the four districts of Sikkim. He has over the period appeared before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India as well as various High Courts of the country in Criminal, Civil and Constitutional matters. He has also conducted numerous trials in both Criminal and Civil matters before the Subordinate Courts of Sikkim, Assam and New Delhi. Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan was designated as Senior Advocate in the year 2008 by the High Court of Sikkim at Gangtok at the age of 42 years. Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan is a life member of Bar Association of India, New Delhi and Bar Association of Sikkim and also a member of Indian Law Institute, New Delhi. For the period 2009-2012, Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan was elected and held the post of the General Secretary of the Bar Association of Sikkim and thereafter as its President from the year 2015 till the date of his elevation as a Judge of the Hon'ble High Court of Sikkim. Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan has undergone training at the National Legal Service Authority, New Delhi in July, 2015 as a Master Trainer. He was a member of the Committee constituted by the Hon'ble High Court of Sikkim to examine and suggest all procedural aspects of laws pertaining to filing of petition, appeal etc including necessary amendments to be incorporated in the Sikkim High Court (Practice and Procedure) Rules, 1991. He has also been a Member of the Monitoring Committee, District Legal Services Authority, East & North Sikkim at Gangtok from the year 2010 till the date of his elevation. Similarly, he was also a member of the High Court of Sikkim, Museum Committee, which has set up the first Judicial Museum in Sikkim. Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan has rendered his professional services to the Sikkim Legal Services Authority, SLSA without accepting any professional remuneration and with a request that the said amounts may be utilised towards the cause of SLSA. He was also appointed as Amicus Curiae in various matters by the Hon'ble High Court of Sikkim. He has delivered numerous lectures on various subjects as resource person for the SLSA, Sikkim Judicial Academy, Sikkim University and Sikkim Government Law College. Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan was also Joint Coordinator and contributor to the Criminal Justice India Series, Volume 18, Sikkim, a book on the administration of the Criminal Justice in Sikkim, published by Allied Publishers Private Limited in collaboration with National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata funded by the Ford Foundation and guided by the School of Criminal Justice Administration. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan took oath on 23rd May 2017 as a Judge of High Court of Sikkim, at Gangtok and assumed charge of the Office of the Judge, High Court of Sikkim in the forenoon of the same date. Sitting at Gangtok Address Bungalow No. 14, VIP Colony, Gangtok, Sikkim - 737103 Email justice.brpradhan'aij.gov.in